Face powder box



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Patented July 17, 1951 FACE POWDER BOX Barbara e. Wheeler and Ralph v.Burdick, Jn,

' Londonville, N. Y.

Application. May 11, 1949, Serial No. 92,656

Our invention relates to improvements in containers and packages andparticularly to improvcment in containers and packages of face powder;At the present time, manufacturersbf face powder in the loose, ratherthan caked form, pack the same in paper 'boxes practically all of whichare cylindrical and consist merely of a container and a cover therefor.The container comprises. a cylindrical side wall, a disk which forms thebottom of the container, and a piece of cellophane: which overlies andforms a tight but breakable cover or seal for the powder in. thecontainer; The cover'proper merely slips over the side wall of thecontainer like the cover of any round box.

In order to obtain access to the powder, the cellophane is torn away,and, thereafter, the powder is held in the box merely by the slip cover.Since the powder is impalpable, andthe slip covers of paper boxes cannotbe made. to fit the container uniformly and tightly, it is quiteimpossible, after the cellophane seal is broken, to close the box sotightly that the powder is positively confined therein. Thus, it iimpossible, for example, to carry such a loosely sealed box of powder ina suitcase without having the powder sift out between the cover and thecontainer and. cover all of the other articles in the case. Even whensuch a box is used on a ladys dressing table, there is no place to putthe powder puff and, when a used powder puff is put in a dressing tabledrawer, other articles in the drawer eventually become covered withpowder.

The general object of our invention is to provide a container for facepowder with an easily removable cover but which can be so tightly sealedthat the powder cannot leak therefrom. Another object is to provide abox for face powder in which a space is provided for carrying a powderpuff. Another object is to provide a powder box which can be easilyfilled and sealed by the manufacturer. A further object is to provide abox which may be cheaply manufactured and which has an attractiveappearance.

We attain these objects by means of the novel elements and thecombinations and arrange ments thereof described below and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a plan view of our boxwith half of the cover removed;

Fig. 2 is a view half in elevation and half in section; and

Fig. 3 is fragmentary vertical section through the box with the powderand puff therein.

3 Claims. (Cl. 132 -82) Referring to the drawing, I is a cylindricalcontainer for the powder which, like all of the other parts of the box,is formed of sheet metal having an outstanding circumferential head 2near the bottom thereof. It is not essential that. the

first cover is provided with a large circular open.-

ing in which a centrally-disposed neck 6. is afterwards secured byrolling an outstanding circumferentialy-extending bead I thereon tolimit. the extent in which the neck. can enter said opening and byspinning or rolling the. bottom 8 of the neck outward-1y beneath the top5., as shown at; 9. The top of the neck 6' is provided with a, circulardepression l9 therein of a size adapted to receive the powder puff [6shdwn'inFigB, and the bottom of the depression is. provided withperforations H for the'discharge therethrough of the powder l2 shown inFig. 3. When the box is filled, the powder would not ordinarily extendabove the upper rim of the container, but in Fig. 3 we have shown thebox as filled up to the perforated depression.

In filling the box, the manufacturer merely fills the container to thedesired level and then presses the first cover firmly thereon. The airwhich is entrapped between the first cover and the powder in the closingoperation can freely escape through the perforations I I in the bottomof the depression. The skirt of the first cover should fit tightlyaround the lateral wall of the container so that it cannot easily beremoved, and thus forms a substantially permanent closure for thecontainer.

In order finally to close the box, a second, easily removable cover I4is provided having an arched top to form with the depression in the topof the first cover a space therebetween for the powder puff I6, andhaving a depending skirt l5 which slip-fits around the upstanding neck 6of the first cover. The arched second cover not only imparts a, pleasingappearance to the box but also cooperates with the powder puff when thesecond cover is seated to hold the puff in sealing relation with theperforations II.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that our box can be tightlysealed so that powder will not sift therefrom, and that it is sodesigned that in packaging the powder and the puff together, no problemswhatever are encountered.

What we claim is:

1. A powder box formed of four, separate, sheet metal elementsincluding: a comparatively fiat,

cylindrical, powder-containing receptacle open at the top; a first coverelement comprising a first portion having an inturned annular flangeoverlying the top edge of said receptacle, but otherwise open at the topthereof, and a depending skirt in tight engagement with the lateral wallof said receptacle; and a second, inverted, cup-like portion of smallerdiameter than said cover portion having a re-entrant, perforated bottom,adapted to receive a powder puif, secured to the inner edge of saidfiange and extending upwardly therefrom; and a second cover elementhaving a depending skirt in slip-fitted engagement with the lateral wallof said cup-like portion and an imperf-orate top adapted to cooperatewith said pufi when in the re-entrant bottom of said cup-like portionand hold it in firm engagement with said bottom.

2. A powder box comprising a comparatively fiat, cylindrical, powdercontaining element, a first cover therefor having a centrally-disposedcylindrical neck portion of a diameter which is substantially smallerthan'said cover portion and projecting upwardly therefrom, the walls ofwhich are inwardly directed marginally a substantial distance from thetop peripheral edge of said cover and connecting the bottom of said neckby a substantially fiat, horizontal, ring-shaped section providing anexterior landed hand-rest portion, adepression in the top of said neck,disposed above said ring-shaped section, of a size adapted to receive apowder puff and having perforations in the bottom of said depression;and a second, readily removable cover of a diameter which is smallerthan said first cover cooperating with said upstanding cylindrical neckand adapted to cooperate with said powder puff when in said depressionto hold said pulT in firm contact with the bottom of said depression toform a closure for said perforations.

3. A face powder box formed of sheet metal and comprising acomparatively flat, cylindrical container element having an outstandingcircumferential bead adjacent the bottom thereof, a first cover elementhaving a force fit with said container element and laterally enclosingsaid container element between the top thereof and said bead; said coverelement having a centrally disposed, upstanding, cylindrical neckportion of a length and of a diameter which is substantially smallerthan said cover portion, the walls of which are inwardly directedmarginally a substantial distance from the peripheral top edge of saidcover, connecting the bottom of said neck by a substantially flat,ring-shaped section and providing an,exterior landed hand-rest portion,a depression in the top of said neck, disposed above said ring-shapedsection, to receive a powder puff and having perforations in the bottomof said depression adapted to underlie and be closed by said puff whenin said depression; and a second cover element of a diameter which isalso smaller than said first cover element, and having a slip fit withsaid upstanding cylindrical neck portion, and having an arched topadapted to cooperate with said puff when in said depression and to holdsaid pufi in firm perforationclosing relation with the bottom of saiddepression.

BARBARA B. WHEELER. RALPH V. BURDICK, JR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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